Prairie Central to cut $1.67 million

Tuesday

Jan 29, 2013 at 2:42 PMJan 29, 2013 at 2:43 PM

Kent Casson

Faced with a significant loss of state funding, the Prairie Central school district has announced plans to reduce its budget by $1.67 million over the next two school years.In 2013-14, the district plans to cut spending through retirement attrition, the elimination of several extra duty stipends, the reduction of textbook and supply budget line items, elimination of administrative, teaching and support staff positions, reorganizing food services, eliminating several bus routes and stops, a reduction in the cooperative education program and a change in the employee health insurance plan.For the 2014-15 school year, the district will consider closing Meadowbrook Elementary in Forrest, converting the high school’s four-block schedule to a conventional schedule and the assumption of additional special education services from the county cooperative.No further information has been released, regarding the budget cuts.